Did you know that wordless or books with almost no words can be just as
valuable to read to children as books with lots of words in them? The wonderful
part of reading wordless books is that you and your child can make up the words
to go along with the story yourselves.As you turn to each new page, talk together about what you see, it’s a
great way to stretch their imagination! E ANNO Anno’s Counting Book by:
Mitsumasa Anno
Have you heard about book trailers yet? They're not trailers that you attach to your car just to carry all your books (even though that sounds awesome), but instead are videos that promote books. Instead of telling you about a new movie, it tells you about a new book. They're growing in popularity and a fantastic example of a recent trailer for a book that's already out is this 41 second one for the 2012 Caldecott winner A Ball for Daisy by: Chris Raschka (E RASCHKA):
Impressive, right? It's
even more impressive if you know that Chris Raschka's 17-year old son,
Ingo Raschka, created the trailer. If you'd like to check out the book, its shelf location is E RASCHKA.
